hydropower plants
Financing secured for three hydropower plants on Bistrica river
19 December 2024 - The Republic of Srpska has signed an agreement with Chinese company AVIC to finance three hydropower plants on the Bistrica river
Albania’s KESH to add pumps to hydropower cascade for energy storage
26 November 2024 - KESH is discussing a pumped storage hydropower project with the EBRD. Pumps would be added between the Fierza and Koman reservoirs
BiH suffers drastic fall in power export revenue
05 November 2024 - Electricity export revenue in Bosnia and Herzegovina came in at EUR 240 million in the first three quarters
Natural gas, electricity markets spark concern for winter – Đedović Handanović
30 October 2024 - She spoke in Budapest at the ministerial meeting of the Central and South Eastern Europe Energy Connectivity high-level working group
Serbia adopts spatial plan for Bistrica pumped storage hydropower plant
28 October 2024 - The spatial plan for Bistrica is another step toward the materialization of the currently most important project in Serbia’s energy sector
Turkey plans 89 GW of new solar, wind power by 2035
26 October 2024 - The Government of Turkey aims to almost quadruple wind and solar power capacity to 120 GW by 2035, according to the new roadmap
Statkraft to sell assets in Croatia, Netherlands, India
25 October 2024 - Norway-based Statkraft has decided to leave India, Netherlands and Croatia, and to reorganize its management, effective from January 1, 2025
EU approves Western Balkans reform agendas including auction schedules for renewables
24 October 2024 - Western Balkan governments excluding BiH can draw funding from the EU's Growth Plan as they fulfill reform obligations and achieve goals
Croatia invites bids for feed-in tariffs for solar, hydro
24 October 2024 - The Croatian Energy Market Operator has launched a procedure for granting feed-in tariffs for electricity generated from renewables
Montenegro’s EPCG, EDF sign memorandum of understanding
23 September 2024 - The focus of the cooperation between two state-owned power utilities would be the construction of hydropower plants
Bulgaria to replace broken turbines in Chaira pumped storage hydropower plant
20 September 2024 - Bulgaria's NEK launched a tender for the supply and replacement of two out of four turbines in pumped storage hydropower plant Chaira
HPP Komarnica on standby for two years, completion of HPP Gvozd delayed by one year
18 September 2024 - The Gvozd wind farm and the Komarnica hydropower plant are among the most important projects of Montenegro's power utility EPCG
Drought, low electricity prices wreck results of Montenegro’s EPCG
16 September 2024 - In the first quarter of 2024, power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore achieved a profit of EUR 11.4 million, ten times below the 2023 level
Montenegro to delay temporary shutdown of TPP Pljevlja for 2026
02 September 2024 - The pause in the operation of the Pljevlja coal plant, planned for 2025 within its ecological reconstruction, could be postponed to 2026
Slovenia’s HSE to install 800 MW of flexibility capacity by 2035
29 August 2024 - Slovenia’s state-owned power utility, Holding Slovenske Elektrarne, posted a EUR 391 million profit in 2023
Dozens of pumped storage hydropower projects underway in Greece
16 August 2024 - The pileup of wind and solar power projects in Greece bolstered the interest in investments in pumped hydropower storage facilities